Cameras will be used to enforce Greenwich’s next low-traffic neighbourhood, which aims to stop rat-running on streets east of Greenwich Park. Greenwich Council confirmed in December that it was planning measures to stop traffic attempting to use Maze Hill and Vanbrugh Hill as a shortcut, which has led to persistent queues blighting local streets. Now […]
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Hills and Vales: Use cameras, not planters, to close roads, ambulance chiefs told Greenwich Council
The London Ambulance Service called for Greenwich Council to use cameras rather than planters for its low-traffic neighbourhood in some of the borough’s most affluent streets, correspondence between the two bodies reveals. Documents revealed under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that neither the ambulance service nor the London Fire Brigade objected to the closure […]
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Maze Hill could get relief from rat-run jams with its own road blocks
Relief could be on the way for frustrated residents who live in streets east of Greenwich Park who have endured traffic jams since the introduction of an anti-ratrunning scheme the other side of the park. Greenwich Council has indicated it could spend some of £711,000 in funding from Transport for London on modal filters to […]
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No evidence Maze Hill jams are down to low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council leader says
There is no evidence that measures to stop rat-running drivers in west Greenwich are causing traffic jams in east Greenwich, council leader Danny Thorpe said last night. Streets around Crooms Hill and Royal Hill, to the west of Greenwich Park, have had planters placed on them since August to block through traffic and encourage walking […]
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Greenwich Park’s Euro 2020 fan zone gets green light despite transport worries
Greenwich councillors have approved plans to host a Euro 2020 fan zone for 30,000 people in Greenwich Park this summer – despite worries over whether the area’s transport infrastructure will be able to cope. Up to 12 matches will be shown on big screens in the park in June and July at the north end […]
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Pay more, skip the 108: Ford wants its Shooters Hill Shot buses to stop on Westcombe Hill
UPDATE: The Chariot application to run down Westcombe Hill was refused in October. Commuters in Blackheath and Charlton who are tired of crowded and unreliable buses to North Greenwich could be able to get a new service to the Jubilee Line hub – if they pay a little more. Car giant Ford, which launched its […]
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Greenwich line to get Charing Cross trains again – for one weekend only
Greenwich line rail users will be able to catch direct trains to Charing Cross again – but for three days only at the start of May. The last trains from Westcombe Park, Maze Hill, Greenwich and Deptford to the West End terminal ran in January 2015, after which the link was severed as part of […]
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Will the Greenwich line get a rail users group? Find out
Apologies for the short notice, but if you use Westcombe Park, Maze Hill, Greenwich or Deptford stations you should know about this – there’s a meeting on Tuesday at Davy’s Wine Bar, Greenwich High Road (7pm) about the possibility of setting up a rail users’ group for the Greenwich line, following the success of the […]
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